Table 1.
Maternal characteristics by depression pattern
| Few symptoms (n = 73) | Moderate episodic symptoms (n = 93) | Severe episodic symptoms (n = 35) | Chronic symptoms (n = 26) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 18–25 | 36% | 25% | 29% | 23% |
| 26–35 | 53% | 58% | 57% | 54% | |
| ≥36 | 11% | 17% | 14% | 23% | |
| Education | 0–6 years | 32% | 48% | 43% | 50% |
| 7–9 years | 32% | 31% | 34% | 23% | |
| 10+ years | 37% | 20% | 23% | 27% | |
| Employment status | Farmwork | 34% | 45% | 34% | 19% |
| Other employment | 19% | 19% | 14% | 27% | |
| Not working | 47% | 35% | 51% | 54% | |
| Marital status | Single/never married | 4% | 5% | ||
| Married/living as married | 93% | 89% | 89% | 92% | |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 3% | 5% | 11% | 8% | |
| Farmworker status | Migrant | 16% | 26% | 29% | 31% |
| Seasonal | 84% | 74% | 71% | 69% | |
| Documentation | Anyone documented | 21% | 12% | 9% | 15% |
| Everyone undocumented | 79% | 88% | 91% | 85% | |
| Maternal BMI (SD)* | 29.2 (7.7) | 30.3 (4.8) | 30.9 (6.4) | 33.0 (6.6) | |
| Maternal BMI status* | Normal/underweight | 27% | 8% | 18% | 13% |
| Overweight | 38% | 48% | 41% | 29% | |
| Obese | 35% | 44% | 41% | 58% | |
Note. BMI = body mass index; SD = standard deviation.
*
Denotes significant group difference, p < .05.